David Poile made an impressive splash on the NHL trade market earlier this month. The Nashville Predators general manager knows better than to make any assurances he's done altering his NHL-leading lineup. "I can say to you right now, I don't feel like I'm going to make any trades," Poile told The Associated Press. "But I'm not closing the store." He's not the only one as trade talk and speculation build ahead of Monday's trade deadline. Tightly contested playoff races in both conferences and a rash of injuries to star players, most significantly Chicago's Patrick Kane, have NHL executives jockeying for position. Over a three-day...

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